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| Becky's Bestie | Magic Pen Original Nymphadora | Lizasaurus With the holidays in full swing, the ministry has been busy with plans for the WERPS convention occurring soon after everyone returns from the holidays. Excitement is building up both inside the ministry and out. As part of Minister Althea Scabior’s campaign platform regarding supportive measures for the environment and preventing climate change, this long awaited event is expected to address environmental concerns, educate the wizarding community, and let magical folks know just what they can do to help and get involved.
Over the previous few months leading up to this each of the department's have been busy with their assistance with the conference. The Department of Magical Games and SportsAlthough it has been a typical year of keeping professional Quidditch and Gobstones running smoothly for the Department of Magical Games and Sports, there have also been several items of note. Bodmin Moor stadium has been toying with the idea of artificial turf for their pitch. While there are many who support this idea, it is not without its opposition. Benefits and disadvantages of artificial turf are expected to be discussed at the Ministry's upcoming WERPS event. Track upgrades and renovations continue to take place for winged horse racing around the country for further promotion of this growing sport. The Department of International Magical CooperationLevel five has been hopping with things going on. Immigration has uncovered a few visas that have expired and have been working on finding these people to investigate. The trade relations have been extra busy with the ending of the smuggled dragon eggs and an American, Rodrick Micheals being the head of the smuggling.The team is at this moment pinpointing the location of Rodrick in London and doing their investigation to get him arrested. The trade relations have been working hard to start planning an international trade show that will be coming in the next year. Foreign relations and Charles Taylor have been working with the ministries ambassadors to set the final paperwork for the WERP conference and begin the right paperwork for the trade show. The Department of Magical TransportationLevel Six has had a lowkey year. The level needed some love and care, and so the department head hired a team of people who claimed to be "EXPERTS" at redoing houses and whatnot; it took them six months, and when Lynley checked in on them, it turned out the level was not even CLOSE to being ready. So Lynley fired them, and hired new people. and after a VERY long time, the level is finally done. AFTER A YEAR....it is done. But that means that all the employees had to fit into one cramped room off to the side for around ELEVEN MONTHS to do their jobs. They will be happy to get their space back again! Other than that, and some in-department drama, nothing serious has gone down. The Department of Magical Accidents and CatastrophesDue to a wide area of contamination, the Department of Magical Accidents and Catastrophes had to be called in. The nature of the contamination was such that muggles had begun to experience unexplained "special abilities". The area had to be contained, witnesses had to be obliviated and given new memories while the PART team and our Spell Researchers had to search for the source of the contamination. It was discovered to be a potion spill that got into the town's water supply and has since been dealt with. The Department of MysteriesIt has been pretty quiet in the department. Although it might just be that they won't speak of it being they are unspeakables. The newest addition to the department Airey Flamsteed, previously Hogwarts Astronomy professor and Gryffindor Head of House, appears to be fitting in well. Although he is still wearing his suits, there has not been any sign of Pebbles. The Department of Law EnforcementLevel Two has been busy training in record numbers of YATI. Trainings are up and the amount of crime has lessened a bit in the last few months, giving the team a nice break. It's never quiet though, you can find many of those on level two either in the workout rooms or in the training area. With regard to the WERPS conference, level two has been busy getting security prepared for the conference. The Minister's OfficeMinister Scabior having made a few new placements for department head, started out her term quite busily. In preparation for the WERPS conference, level one has been making arrangements and working closely with DERP to ensure the conference is a complete success. The minister also now is requiring ALL of the Mysteries department employees to undergo "sensitivity training' in regards to complaints received in response to how children were dealt with at Hogwarts last term? The Department of Environmental Regulation and ProtectionDERP started the term with a newly appointed department head, Noah O'Donnell. He designed a beautiful zen garden and outdoor patio for employees. It has been pretty quiet in the department but there has been a nice bit of change around the ministry with the care DERP has done. Noah has jumped in with both feet, tackling the WERPS conference head on after replacing Davis-Campbell who had previously headed up both DERP and the Creatures department. The Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical CreaturesNewly appointed Department head Becca Yenorin encountered questions from employees demanding to know if she was fit to be department head for the Creatures department. She handled it well and appears to be doing a fine job in that department. New protocols are appearing little by little to help ensure the safety of both employees and the wizarding world itself. Becca has been working hard to help ensure that the safety of the community and what we can do to make our world a better place, is in hers and ours best interest.
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